Who we are

Casey Family Programs is the nation's largest operating foundation focused on safely reducing the need for foster care and building Communities of Hope for children and families across America. Founded in 1966, we work in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to influence long-lasting improvements to the safety and success of children, families and the communities where they live.

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Casey Family Programs offers ongoing strategic consultation, technical assistance, data analysis and independent research and evaluation at no cost to child welfare systems, policymakers, courts and tribes across America to support long-lasting improvements that safely reduce the need for foster care.

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Our knowledge stems from listening to, learning from and collaborating with child welfare systems, tribes, families, communities, policymakers, courts and other public and private stakeholders that care for children. We are committed long-term to lifting up the leaders, vision and values that contribute to safely reducing the need for foster care and building hope for children and families.

Casey Family Programs is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Casey Excellence for Children Awards. These awards recognize outstanding individuals whose distinguished work, exceptional leadership and relentless dedication has improved the child welfare system. The honorees are selected […]

The Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) named Dr. William C. Bell as the 2014 James A. Joseph Lecturer, an award that honors philanthropic leadership in support of Black communities. In naming Dr. Bell as this year’s winner, ABFE leaders […]

In this speech, Casey Family Programs president and CEO William C. Bell described conditions in the United States that have led to increasing levels of income inequality and poverty, asking us to “raise our collective voice and demand change.” Bell congratulated […]

Nearly all of the states with Title IV-E demonstrations have started or expanded the use of evidence-based practices, but according to this study, there is a lack of cost-benefit analyses of those interventions. Many of the waiver demonstration projects “have […]

Download Casey Family Programs’ Child Welfare Demonstration Project waiver fact sheet for your state to learn more about how more effective investments of federal child welfare funding can improve the well-being of children and families in your community. Visit our […]

Building a Community of Hope doesn’t end with better coordinated and targeted services by government agencies. It must also involve private and philanthropic groups working differently than they have with government and local communities. Examining a longstanding approach to philanthropy […]

Government at the local, state and federal levels has established a broad array of services designed to respond to a variety of health, safety and human services needs in communities. These include child welfare, education, health care, veterans affairs, criminal […]

Change requires children and families in the hardest hit ZIP codes to believe a better future is possible beyond what they see around them. Change requires local leaders to stand up and declare “enough” and to marshal all the forces […]

Dear friends: We are living in a time of profound transformation in America, a time that can yield dramatic, sustainable improvements in our capacity to ensure the safety and success of all of our children. For this transformation to occur, […]

Communities of Hope start with bold local leaders who share a common sense of purpose and direction, such as the efforts in Cities United and Paintsville. But when it comes to tackling deep-seated challenges, good intentions aren’t enough. We need […]

The role of data in building a Community of Hope goes beyond bringing greater resolution to the problem: it is also the underpinning of improving conditions in a community.

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A Declaration of Hope

We often talk about child abuse and neglect as a national problem. This is true insomuch as it is found in communities across America. But viewing child maltreatment – and mental illness, drug abuse, failing schools, violence-related deaths and a […]